Watch List notes:

L. Censorinus, 82 BC. Denarius (Silver, 19 mm, 3.81 g, 3 h), Rome. Laureate head of Apollo to right. Rev. L•CENSOR Marsyas, bald-headed, advancing to left, raising his right arm and holding a wine-skin over his left shoulder; behind him, column surmounted by small statue of Minerva. Babelon (Marcia) 24. Crawford 363/1d. RBW 1372. Sydenham 737. A nicely toned example. The obverse struck from a slightly worn die and with minor porosity, otherwise, nearly extremely fine.


From the collection of Regierungsrat Dr. iur. Hans Krähenbühl, ex Schweizerische Kreditanstalt Bern FPL 17, September 1975, 121.